Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction

About ACEHR

The 2004 reauthorization of NEHRP directed that the NIST Director
establish the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) to assess:

trends and developments in the science and engineering of earthquake
hazards reduction;

the effectiveness of NEHRP in performing its statutory activities
(improved design and construction methods and practices; land use
controls and redevelopment; prediction techniques and early-warning
systems; coordinated emergency preparedness plans; and public education
and involvement programs);

any need to revise NEHRP; and

the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of
NEHRP.

In 2006, the official Charter
of the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (PDF
167KB) was established by the U.S. Department of Commerce, parent
agency for NIST, and it has been renewed every two years since then.
The committee is to be widely representative of the
stakeholder community. Federal employees may not serve on the committee.
As established by the charter, ACEHR will have 11–17 voting
members, in addition to having the Chairperson of USGS Scientific
Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee serve in an ex officio capacity.